Team 254C
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| 254C - The Cheesy Poofs | |
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| Rookie Year: | 2008 - 2009 |
| Inactive Years: | {{{inactive}}} |
| Location: | BCP, San Jose, CA |
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| Team Website: | {{{website}}} |
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General Information
Quals: ★★★★★★★
Champions: ★★★★
Robot Skills: ★
Programming Skills: ★
Excellence: ★
History
Team 254C was founded at the start of the 2008 - 2009 Elevation season by students at Bellarmine College Prep; none of its original members had any prior experience with Vex and very few were familiar with robotics as a whole.
254C continually performed well at its tournaments, reaching the quarterfinal round in its first competition. At the 2009 world championship, 254C seeded 11th and captained an alliance which reached the divisional quarterfinals.
Since the beginning of 254C's competition history, it has been the unfortunate victim of radio interference for reasons still not fully discovered; a hindrance that now ceases to exist with the recent adoption of a Wi-Fi control system.
254C kicked off with an unexpected start in the 2009-10 season reaching the semifinal and final rounds in its first two consecutive tournaments, while also qualifying for the World Championship with a victory in Programming Skills.
It won its first tournament victory at the All Star Championship in Orlando, FL competing as 254S and its second at the Central Valley Regional the following weekend. 254C gained its place as one of the most successful VEX teams in the world with its third victory at the 2nd largest robotics tournament in the world, the 2nd Annual Pan Pacific Championship in Hawaii. And, most recently, the team surprisingly won a local regional playing in the final match against our good friends team 254A, giving the second rendition of our robot its first qualification.
Recognitions
2010 Tournament Victories:
4 - 1 as 254S
2nd in the world, 1st being 254A (8 victories)
Captain's Note: One of three teams in the world who has beaten 254A in finals.'
Robot Skills: 1st - 1 ; 2nd - 5
Programming Skills: 1st - 1 ; 2nd - 2
Please refer to the main 254 page for more general team history, sponsors, and links to our other teams.
Team Members
B: Build P: Programming M: Media (Web, Camera) C: Coach Cap: Captain Co-Cap: Co-Captain D1: Driver 1 (Driver) D2: Driver 2 (Operator), S: Scout Italics denote an honorary member whose significant contributions merit recognition. ★ indicates a principal team contact.
2009 Elevation
- ★Derrick Dominic (B, P, C, M, Cap)
- ★Roshan Patel (B, D1, Co-Cap)
- ★Tyler Sura (B, C)
- Omar Arid (B, D2)
- Ryan Barekat (B, M, S, D2)
-- others not mentioned who dropped --
2010 Clean Sweep
- ★Derrick Dominic (B, P, C, Cap) - Driver at Ceres II '10
- ★Roshan Patel (B, D1, Co-Cap) - Principal Driver
- Ashton Chacon (B, D2) - Driver at Orlando '10 and San Ramon '10
- Tyler Sura (B, C)
- Bryan Ku (B)
- Ryan Barekat (B, M, S)
- Aaron Johnson (B, M) - Driver at Ceres II '10
- Mark Iskarous (B)
- Kai Xiao (B)
- Taylor Furtado (D1)
- Kshithij Shrinath (B)
Robot Profiles
Data represents configuration at last tournament entered by the robot. Traditionally, names are only changed for complete revisions. MAXDIM denotes a measurement indicating <.1" clearance (of the 18" cube restriction) on all sides. cap. - an abbreviation for capacity ★ denotes a world championship qualification. Robot names are now official.
Danger (★)
aka The Pinchy-Pinchy-Poofs!
- 12 lbs, 18" x 18" x 16"
- 1 potentiometer
- 6-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 3.63 fps
- 2-motor single-joint arm, 7:1 gearing
- 1-motor claw, 5:3 gearing
- Autoloader pull
- Bonus cube (multi-directional), platform
Beast Mode I, Atlas: ★★★★★
Beast Mode II, Basilisk: ★★
Beast Mode III, Chimera: Worlds
- Drive train (4-motor, 4-wheel drive, top speed 2.91 fps)
- Arm (4-motor arm, 5:3 gearing)
- Intake (2-motor intake, 1:1 gearing)
- Features: intakes anything in <0.5 sec each and dumps a full load of 6 footballs in <1 sec, defense with outtake
- Regional Excellence Award: (Tracy VEX Regional)
- Regional Titles: (All Star Championship, Ceres Regional, Pan Pacific Championship, Independence Regional)
- World Championship Qualifications (7)
- Highest In-Comp RS: 114 (January)
- Highest Practice RS: 127+
- Highest In-Comp PS: 29 (December)
- Highest Practice PS: 56+
- Trivia / Captain’s Comments: 254C is the essence of speed in every part of its design. Key features are the speedy outtake with a 5-6 football capacity and dump time of <1 sec. and intake which has been tested to take in and dump 3 footballs in roughly 5-6 seconds. 254C was also 1st pick in the only 3 team alliance to have beaten 8 time champions and fellow Cheesy Poofs Team 254A to a tournament title this season.
- Picture: soon - after attaching logos…
Tournament History
Each tournament is followed by the game year and the robot name. ★ denotes a tournament in which the team qualified for World Championships. ⊗ denotes a tournament victory. Italics denote any awards received at that tournament. Driven by Roshan Patel and competed under 254C unless otherwise noted.
Bellarmine Bay Area '09: Danger
- Record: 6-4-0 (Q:6-2-0, E:0-2-0)
- Qual. Seed 4/18
- Alliance 3, Captain, Quarterfinalist
- -
Siatech '09: Danger
- Record: 9-3-0 (Q:6-1-0, E:3-2-0)
- Qual. Seed 5/22
- Alliance 3, Captain, Semifinalist
- Amaze
San Ramon '09: Danger
- Record: 8-3-0 (Q:5-1-0, E:3-2-0)
- Alliance 2, Captain, Semifinalist
- Qual. Seed 3/17
- Robot Skills 2nd Place
World Championship [Science Div.] '09: Danger
- Record: 5-2-0 (Q:5-1-0, E:0-1-0)
- Qual. Seed 11/130
- Alliance 8, Captain, Quarterfinalist
- -
Bellarmine Bay Area '10: Beast Mode I (Atlas)
- Record: 7-5-0 (Q:5-2-0, E:2-3-0)
- Qual. Seed 5/18
- Alliance 3, Captain, Semifinalist
- Judges' Award, Robot Skills 2nd Place, Programming Skills 2nd Place
Captain's notes: Represented by all.
Robovikes Fairfield '10: Beast Mode I (Atlas) ★
- Record: 10-4-0 (Q:5-1-0, E:5-3-0)
- Qual. Seed 3/20
- Alliance 3, Captain, Finalist
- Programming Skills Champion
Captain's notes: Represented by Derrick Dominic, Roshan Patel, Ashton Chacon, Bryan Ku, and Aaron Johnson.
All Star Championship '10: Beast Mode I (Atlas) ★ ⊗
- Record: 8-6-0 (Q:5-6-0, E: 3-0-0)
- Qual. Seed Unknown/36
- Alliance 1, Pick 1, Champion
- Robot Skills 2nd Place
Captain's Notes: Represented and driven by Ashton Chacon and coached by Kendall Searing.
Ceres I '10: Beast Mode I (Atlas) ★ ⊗
- Record: 11-1-0 (Q:5-0-0, E: 6-1-0)
- Qual. Seed 2/28
- Alliance 2, Captain, Champion
- Robot Skills 2nd Place, Programming Skills 2nd Place
Captain's Notes: Represented by Derrick Dominic, Roshan Patel, Tyler Sura, and Ryan Barekat.
Pan Pacific '10: Beast Mode I (Atlas) ★ ⊗
- Record: 9-3-0 (Q:4-2-0, E: 5-1-0)
- Qual. Seed 33/90
- Alliance 2, Pick 1, Champion
- -
Captain's notes: Represented by Derrick Dominic, Roshan Patel, Ashton Chacon, and Bryan Ku.
San Ramon '10: Beast Mode I (Atlas) ★
- Record: 3-4-0 (Q:2-2-0, E: 1-2-0)
- Qual. Seed 13/26
- Alliance 5, Pick 1, Quarterfinalist
- Robot Skills Champion
Captain's notes: VEXNet system incompatible with field boards.
Driven by Ashton Chacon. Represented by Derrick Dominic, Ashton Chacon, Mark Iskarous, and Taylor Furtado.
Independence VEX Regional'10: Beast Mode II (Basilisk) ★ ⊗
- Record: 5-7-0 (Q:1-5-0, E: 4-2-0)
- Qual. Seed 13/16
- Alliance 2, Pick 1, Champion
- Robot Skills 2nd Place
Captain's notes: Represented by Derrick Dominic, Roshan Patel, and Aaron Johnson.
Ceres VEX Regional '10: Beast Mode II (Basilisk)
- Record: 7-5-0 (Q:2-3-0, E: 5-2-0)
- Qual. Seed 19/27
- Alliance 4, Pick 1, Finalist
- -
Captain's notes: Represented and driven by Derrick Dominic and Aaron Johnson.
Tracy VEX Regional '10: Beast Mode II (Basilisk) ★
- Record: 6-8-0 (Q:2-3-0, E: 4-4-0)
- Qual. Seed 10/14
- Alliance 3, Pick 1, Finalist
- Excellence
Captain's notes: Represented by Derrick Dominic, Roshan Patel, and Tyler Sura.
Quals: 2 matches mesh inadvertently stuck to aluminum L channel, next 2 >100 points
Semifinals: 254C's first official Clean Sweep
World Championship [Technology Div.] '10: Beast Mode III (Chimera) '10
- Record: 5-5-0 (Q:4-4-0, E:1-1-0)
- Qual. Seed 57/98
- Alliance 3, Pick 2, Semifinalist
- -
Contact Information
Please send any questions or suggestions to team254C@gmail.com. Send any suggestions for corrections on this page to Derrick Dominic (dd254).
- Derrick Dominic: derrick.dominic11@bcp.org.
Contact Derrick with your default email client by clicking here.
- Roshan Patel: roshan.patel11@bcp.org.
Contact Roshan with your default email client by clicking here.
Links
Team 254A , Team 254B , Team 254D , Team 254E , Team 254F , Team 254S , Team 254Z
This page was last updated on Sunday, March 21. It will be continually updated after tournaments.
